English

Pronunciation

• AHD : /poo͝t/
• IPA : /pʊt/
• SAMPA : /pUt/

Verb

to put (third person singular present tense: puts, present participle: putting, past tense: put, past participle: put)

1. to place something somewhere

   She put her books on the table.

2. to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition

   Put your horse in order!

   He is putting all his energy into this one task.

   She tends to put herself in dangerous situations.

3. (stock market) to excercise a put option

Translations

• Chinese: 放, 放置
• Dutch: zetten
• Esperanto: meti
• Finnish: panna (1), pistää (1), laittaa (1)
• French: placer, mettre
• Ido: pozar
• German: setzen (1,2)
• Indonesian: meletakkan , menaruh
• Italian: mettere
• Japanese: 置く (おく, oku)
• Portuguese: pôr , colocar , botar
• Romanian: pune
• Spanish: poner

Noun

1. a contract to sell stock. (See for further reading.) (Compare call.)

Related Terms

• Phrasal verbs :

put about , put across , put aside , put away, put back , put by, put down, put forth, put forward , put in, put forth, put off, put on, put one over, put out, put out feelers, put over , put through , put to, put together, put to rest, put up, put up with, put upon

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• SAMPA : /'/
• IPA : /'pyt/

Noun

put

1. pit, well